Read andOne Word or Phrase Question Complete this question with a word or a phrase... "This article is about ____________. Take one side of the argument that the author makes in this article and create an DETAILED OUTLINE (2-3 Sentences for each section) showing your opinion and how you would organize it. 1. Read the article below 2. Take a side on the issue that the Author mentions. 3. Critically think of three reasons to support your thesis. 4. Create an outline (And type it in the blog), showing how you would support your thesis. 5. Add your "One Word or Phrase Summary" 6. Submit by the end of the period. (I'm Watching) Chuck Yarborough, The Plain Dealer By Chuck Yarborough, The Plain Dealer
Follow on Twitter on January 09, 2014 at 10:37 AM, updated January 09, 2014 at 10:51 AM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Marshalette Bell happily jitterbugged in her seat at The Q as she told the story. Seems her 12-year-old son, Marcelius Edwards, wanted to go see hip-hop star Jay-Z at The Q Wednesday night. You can almost imagine the hand on the hip and the head shake as she told the University of Cleveland Preparatory School sixth grader no way. “It’s a school night! And it’s MAMA’S night!’’ Turns out, it was a school night – and among the lessons being taught is that this is what hip-hop can and should be. For a bit under two hours, the Grammy-winning, Grammy-nominated king of the rap world delivered song after song, flow after flow, bounce after bounce and rhyme after rhyme with skill, élan and just plan charisma. Through it all, the ethnically diverse sellout crowd of about 9,000 – include Marshalette – stayed on their feet, dancing and rapping along with Beyonce’s hubby. Aided by legendary producer Timbaland – who offered up primer in looping in the middle of Jay-Z’s 29-song set that gave the 44-year-old rapper a much-needed break – the “Brooklyn boy’’ rolled through songs like “Dead Presidents’’ off his magnificent debut album, “Reasonable Doubt,’’ and doled out a healthy helping of cuts from his latest album, “Magna Carta … Holy Grail.“ “Magna Carta ... Holy Grail’’ is up for nine Grammys – which makes Jay-Z tops among nominees – at the awards show coming up on Sunday, Jan. 26. Other artists may be more heavily promoted, but I can guarantee you it’s politics. Jay-Z’s delivery of “Tom Ford,’’ up for a best rap performance Grammy, and the “Holy Grail’’ title cut were as much fun as they were memorable, and merit not just Grammy consideration, but Grammy wins. Jay-Z’s rise in the hip-hop world began in 1996 with the release of “Reasonable Doubt.’’ That album, until now, has been considered his best. “Magna Carta … Holy Grail’’ could top that, and for the best of reasons. The album and the cuts off of it that he performed Wednesday night, like “99 Problems’’ (where he’s being hassled by the police), “Tom Ford,’’ “Somewhere in America,’’ “Beach Is Better’’ and “Picasso Baby’’ are a return to old-school hip-hop, laden with message and outrage. Those tunes, like the music of Public Enemy, De La Soul and N.W.A., have the power to effect change, and that’s what rap is at its heart. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that the songs were delivered by a master of flow. Ever watch the reality show, “Storage Wars’’ and listen to the speed with which the auctioneer solicits bids? Pretty fast, eh? Bah. The guy’s a sissy next to Jay-Z, who was able to captivate the audience performing on a huge, stark stage. The hip-hop star spews out rhyme – clearly and intelligibly – at 500 mph. But there was another lesson that came through Wednesday night, one that I think comes with a good-news, bad-news kind of dilemma. Jay-Z’s lyrics contain liberal doses of both the N-word and profanity. At first, it’s a little – OK, a LOT – disquieting and discomfiting. But as the night wore on, and you were more and more inundated with them, you almost became desensitized to them. By virtue of repetition, they seemed to go from LOADED words to JUST words. In some ways, it’s a variation of that old “sticks and stones’’ schoolyard rhyme. But I wonder whether there’s a real danger in those words become part of the accepted lexicon. They are not JUST words. They – especially the N-word – are rooted in an ugly part of history. I keep hoping that we’ve moved past the point where racial and ethnic epithets are permitted in “polite’’ conversation – or ANY conversation. And yet, by the time Jay-Z got to encores “Izzo (H.O.V.A.), “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) and “Empire State of Mind,’’ I was almost immune to them. I heard them, but they had no effect. And I don’t like that. It could mean a lesson UNlearned. © 2014 cleveland.com. All rights reserved. “If you can control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. When you determine what a man shall think you do not have to concern yourself about what he will do. If you make a man feel that he is inferior, you do not have to compel him to accept an inferior status, for he will seek it himself. If you make a man think that he is justly an outcast, you do not have to order him to the back door. He will go without being told; and if there is no back door, his very nature will demand one.”
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